Mobile Games

Kana Link for iPhone [2013, No Longer Available]

Kana Link is a fun way to increase your recognition speed of Japanese hiragana and katakana!
Have you just started learning Japanese? You can play Kana Link with as few as 5 hiragana characters!
Are you experienced with the Japanese language? You can play Kana Link with the full set of hiragana and katakana (including dakuon) to brush up or keep your kana reading skills sharp.
• 3 matching modes - hiragana/romaji, katakana/romaji, hiragana/katakana
• 3 game modes - basic matching plus two puzzle modes
• 4 grid sizes - choose games from 5 seconds to 5 minutes
• There is always a legal play, so the tiles will never unexpectedly rearrange!
• Your 3 best times for each game mode are stored so you can always strive to improve.
• Compare your best times from advanced game modes with those of your friends and the world on Game Center leaderboards!

Word Surgeon Free for iPhone [2013, No Longer Available]

Play 50 disemvoweled phrase puzzles for free! Separate the two words of each phrase by sliding letter tiles up or down. When all of the consonants are aligned correctly, the vowels will automatically appear.
• Word Surgeon Free includes 50 phrases to solve. If you enjoy these, download the full version of Word Surgeon with 1000 new phrases!
• You can never truly get stuck. You can always puzzle it out by grouping likely letter combinations, even if you do not know the phrase.
• If all else fails, tap the Skip button. The skipped puzzle will appear again later.
• Average solve time and total solve time are tracked on the settings page.
• Do timers make you nervous? You can hide the timer from the settings page.

Word Surgeon for iPhone [2013, No Longer Available]

1000 unfortunate phrases have been disemvoweled and squashed together! Separate the two words of each phrase by sliding letter tiles up or down. When all of the consonants are aligned correctly, the vowels will automatically appear.
• 1000 phrases to solve!
• You can never truly get stuck. You can always puzzle it out by grouping likely letter combinations, even if you do not know the phrase.
• If all else fails, tap the Skip button. The skipped puzzle will appear again later.
• Average solve time and total solve time are tracked on the settings page.
• Do timers make you nervous? You can hide the timer from the settings page.